Xiangsheng prosperous

Chapter 144 Suicide
"Aye, do you still remember that the Pu family once held a night banquet? The time should have been when you were discussing marriage with your lady, do you still have any impression?"

"Night Banquet...?"

Qiu Qianzhan thought for a while, and finally shook his head.At that time, I was busy with the official duties of Shanchun Hall, and I was busy discussing with Xiao's family on the other side.Even if there was an invitation to such a night banquet, according to his temperament, he would definitely decline it.

It seems that my father didn't know that there was such a banquet held in the Pu Mansion at that time, but that was strange.If there was indeed someone who represented the Qiu Mansion to attend that year.According to what Park Suzhen said, Park Chanyeol respected him at that time, so this person must not be an imposter.

Qiu Mo closed her eyes and thought for a while. According to Pu Suzhen's description, this person should be about the same age as her father.Excluding Qiu Chong, the head of the Qiu family at that time, the only ones who were qualified to represent the Qiu family to the banquet were Qiu Qianqing, the elder of the Qiu family, or Qiu Qianshen, the third eldest of the Qiu family.

In fact, she is more inclined to the third child of the Qiu family: Qiu Qianshen.

Qiu Qianqing has always been an upright person, and he has stayed in the Imperial Medical Office for many years, and even rarely comes back to the Qiu Mansion, so how could he have the opportunity to go to the Pu Mansion for a banquet, and how could he belittle Pu Suzhen when he was drunk.

But who can prove her guess?

Just when Qiu Mo was worrying about how to tell Pu Suzhen about this matter, another news came from the Chang'an county government jail.

Lady Tian cut her wrist and committed suicide.

Qiu Li stood at the door of the county government's morgue, staring blankly at her mother's body lying on a wooden bed in the room.

She had never seen her mother so pale, nor had she seen her so thin, withered, and slovenly.

Early this morning, when Marquis Wu, who was sent by the county government to look for her at home, notified Qiu Li to go to the morgue to collect the body, she was still packing some clothes and food, and was going to secretly give them to her mother when she was going to visit Mrs. Tian in prison.

However, before she saw her mother, she got the news of her suicide.

After a long time, Qiu Li finally walked to her mother's side.She gently helped her mother wipe away a straw that stubbornly stuck to her cheek, and all hope was lost.

"Ma'am, why don't you even wait for me..."

She had paid so much, and in the end even her own chastity was compromised, but she still couldn't save her, and couldn't save her own mother.

She saw the fleshy cuts on her mother's wrist, and her originally slender and delicate hand was almost cut so that only half of it was left with skin.

Qiu Li's heart ached.

How desperate was she to repeatedly cut open her artery with such a blunt piece of pottery?
Cut again when the bleeding stops, stop cutting again, repeated cuts and repeated pains will probably lead to this point.

"Madam!..."

A loud cry, accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, came from the morgue and entered the ears of Qiu Mo who was standing outside the door.

Qiu Mo didn't go in again, she knew that Qiu Li must just want to be alone now.She said to Marquis Wu who was standing beside her,

"It's my younger sister who is crying inside, I hope the official will take care of her more."

After speaking, he took out a piece of silver from his cuff and stuffed it into the hand of Marquis Wu.

"This... Ma'am, I can't accept this..." Marquis Wu's expression was both happy and frightened.The joy is that such a large piece of silver is enough for him to pay for two months.What I'm afraid of is that the lady in front of him is someone who Wang Xianwei will salute politely when he sees her. How dare he accept her bribe.

"Take it, she's a lady, it's inconvenient to have no one to help you with many things, this is my hard work for you."

"Then...then thank you lady!" Marquis Wu finally accepted the money with a smile.

Qiu Mo turned around and glanced at Qiu Li who was kneeling in front of Mrs. Tian's body, weeping uncontrollably, finally sighed, turned her head and left the morgue.

*
After not returning to Qiu's house for many days, Qiu Qianshen finally wanted to go back to his yard today.

His famous prostitute Qingyao in Pingkangfang, who had perjured him up for him, insisted that he redeem her body and welcome her in, relying on his leverage.

Now she knows that she has used the account book to cheat the original lady, and even urges him to force him every day, asking him to give her a title.

She didn't even think about who she was. It's not enough to ask for money, but she also wants others?Want the status of the head wife of the third bedroom of the Qiu family?

dream!

However, Qiu Qianshen can only hold her steady for the time being, after all, this matter is not completely over yet, it is easier to control her by keeping her by his side than outside.Let's deal with her as a concubine for now, and when she enters the Qiu Mansion, after the matter is over, if she wants to sell her, isn't it all up to him?
Qiu Qianshen planned to arrange a sedan chair tomorrow to carry Qing Yao from Pingkangfang back to Qiu's house.

The new housekeeper of the Qiu Mansion has not been selected yet, and Qiu Mo has been directing the servants and maidservants at home these days.Qiu Qianshen, Qiu Mo's man, didn't dare to use him. At this time, he couldn't help but miss the convenience of Tian Niangzi's presence.

After much deliberation, he summoned Mei Xin, the former personal maid of Mrs. Tian, ​​and asked her to find some trustworthy servants. He had something to tell.

What happened between master and son, Mei Xin didn't understand, and she didn't want to understand.This kind of open and secret fighting in a big family, the more you know, the quicker you die.She obediently replied yes, and following Qiu Qianshen's instructions, she went to find a few servants and maidservants who had stayed in the courtyard of the third room for the longest time to meet him in the study.

Qiu Qianshen selected two servants from the few people she selected to pick up Qing Yao tomorrow, and another maidservant to clean the wing room prepared for Qing Yao.

After giving these instructions, he let these people go down first, leaving Mei Xin alone to talk.

"Mei Xin, you will follow Aunt Qing from now on. If she needs anything, if you can do it, you can satisfy her; if you can't, come and tell me. However, her daily words and deeds, who she said to If you say anything, you have to report to me.”

"Yes..." Mei Xin replied.

"Go down."

Finally, no one was around, Qiu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down on the chair behind the desk.

He rested for a while rubbing the space between his brows, then as if he suddenly thought of something, he reached out and touched a raised spot under the desk.

The desk in Qiu Qianshen's study is thicker than ordinary desks, and the bottom of the desk is not suspended.If there is an unexpected situation, the whole person can hide under the table for an hour or two without being discovered.

Qiu Qianshen pressed his finger upwards slightly, and a box was exposed from under the desk.

He reached down with both hands and pulled the box out from under the desk.He put the box on the table and didn't rush to open it. After looking up and looking around, he opened it carefully.

Inside the box was a blue leather account book and a ceramic pen holder with blood on it.

Qiu Qian stared at these two things for a long time, and finally hugged the whole box as if he had made up his mind.

These things cannot be left behind.

He didn't have time to destroy it before, so he could only hide in this secret compartment first.Fortunately, the people in the government were in the dark, and they did not find any evidence to prove that he was related to the murder of his sister-in-law and the attack on Qiu Shihua.

But now, he has already pushed out the forged account books and the scapegoat. If he doesn't find a chance to deal with them, if someone else finds out, then he can't afford to walk around, and there will be no good end.

It's better to take them to the backyard quickly, burn what should be burned, and smash what should be smashed.

Qiu Qianshen was about to leave, but there was a sudden noise from outside the door with the sound of a woman crying: "Aye! Aye, come out! I know you're back!"

Qiu Qianshen stopped abruptly.

That was the voice of his daughter Qiu Li!

(End of this chapter)